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Al Franken

Politician

Al Franken is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Al Franken · Ел Франкен · Эл Франкен · אל פרנקן · آل فرانكن · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Alan Stuart "Al" Franken · Alan Stuart Franken · Franken, Alan · Ел Франкен · Франкен, Эл · 9 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Franken				[sources]
Birth date	1951-05-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Manhattan				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Al · Alan · Stuart				[sources]
Last name	Franken				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party · Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	www.alfranken.com · www.franken.senate.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q319084				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2009-2011) · Senate (member, 2011-2013) · Senate (member, 2013-2015) · Senate (member, 2015-2017) · Senate (member, 2017-2018) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Blake School · Harvard College (-1973) · St. Louis Park High School				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-23	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American comedian and politician (born 1951)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bob Franken Close Associate	cousin · relative	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2013	2015

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,661

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,318

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United States · Congress

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,319

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,216

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-2d718aaf8a8e79d2ada3b82c8de8c424facd42fd · evpo-87d22fc4-d899-4b36-94ae-a39ab26659e2

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